| LC control no. | n 80037004 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Owen, Robert, 1771-1858 |
| Variant(s) | Oʹen, Robert, 1771-1858 Oven, Robert, 1771-1858 Ouėn, Robert, 1771-1858 Ou-wen, 1771-1858 Ou-wen, Lo-po-tʻe, 1771-1858 One of His Majesty's justices of peace for the county of Lanark, 1771-1858 אואן, רוברט, 1771-1858 אוען, ראבערט, 1771-1858 |
| Other standard no. | 29613293 |
| Associated place | New Lanark (Scotland) New Harmony (Ind.) |
| Birth date | 1771-05-14 |
| Death date | 1858-11-17 |
| Place of birth | Newtown (Powys, Wales) |
| Place of death | Newtown (Powys, Wales) |
| Field of activity | Manufacturing industries--Employees--Legal status, laws, etc. Employee rights Utopian socialism |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | Ting, P. Sheng-hsi-men, Fu-li-yeh ho Ou-wen, 1986: t.p. (Ou-wen) p. 121 (Lo-po-tʻe Ou-wen; 1771-1858) His A new view of society, or, Essays on the principle of the formation ... 1813: t.p. (one of His Majesty's justices of peace for the county of Lanark) Halkett & Laing (One of His Majesty's justices of peace ..., Robert Owen) DNB (Owen, Robert; socialist, educator, reformer; manager Lanark Cotton Mills in England; came to U.S. to found colony of New Harmony, Indiana; when colony failed returned to England; b. North Wales 5/14/1771; d. 11/17/1858) Wikipedia, 3 October 2019 (Robert Owen; born 14 May 1771 in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales, died 17 November 1858 in Newtown; Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropic social reformer, and one of the founders of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement. Owen is best known for his efforts to improve the working conditions of his factory workers and his promotion of experimental socialistic communities) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Owen> Gaskell, E. Mary Barton, 2000: footnote, page 471 (Robert Owen (1771-1858) was a socialist mill owner who believed that a better work environment would improve the character and productivity of his employees. At his cotton mill in New Lanark, Scotland, wages were higher and hours shorter, young children were sent to school instead of to work, and housing for employees was superior to the standards of the times. The mill operated at a profit) |
| Associated language | eng |
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